Machine for furnishing toilet-paper



(No Model.)

B. SpGRAVER. MACHINE FOR FURNISHING TOILET PAPER. No. 430,848. PatentedJune 24, 1890.

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ERlVIN S. GRAVER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR FURNISHING TOILET-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,848, dated June 24,1890.

Application filed gcptamber 21, 1889. fierial No. 824,637. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERWIN S. GRAVER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Machine for FurnishingToilet- Paper, of which the following is a specification.

lVIyinvention relates to the construction of a machine for furnishingtoilet-paper.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which is a side view of themachine with the side of the case re1noved,A is a case containing a rollof paper, the necessary mechanism, and a n1oney-drawen B is a roll ofpaper, the free end of which passes around the cylinder 0 and downthrough the bottom of the case, as shown. The cylinder 0 is ordinarilyniadelof wood, sanded.

D is a roller, by which the paper is held upon the cylinder 0, and whichis held in bearing upon the paper by springs E, of which one only isshown.

F is a toothed wheel upon the shaft of the cylinder 0.

G is a toothed Wheel gearing with the Wheel F, having upon its shaft acam II, which has upon it a shoulder or stop I, all within the case, andhaving upon its shaft, also, the crank K without the case.

L is a pawl, which engages with the teeth of the wheel G.

M is a bell-crank arm having a Weight N slightly heavier than itshorizontal arm, and having its perpendicular arm h of such length as,when in its normal position, to engage with the shoulder I of the camII, which forms a detent for it.

0 is a spring under the horizontal arm of the bell-crank M.

P is a flattened tube or channel extending from a slot in the front ofthe case, through which tube a coin may be dropped upon the horizontalarm of the bell-crank.

Q is a guide, by which such coin, when released, is guided into themoney-drawer R.

The machine in its normal condition stands, as shown in the figure,locked between the pawl and the stop, and its operation is as follows:-When a coin is dropped into the slot,

it falls upon the horizontal arm of the bellcrank, which descends untilthe spring 0 rests upon the cam II, and at the same time theperpendicular arm of the bell-crank is moved forward clear of the flatpart of the stop I, and the mechanism may be turned forward. by thecrank. Upon turning the crank the curved extension part of the stopIengages with the perpendicular arm M of the bell-crank and moves itforward, thus moving the horizontal arm M, upon which the coin restsdownward, so that the coin drops from it upon the guide Q, and into thedrawer. The continued movement of the feed-roll delivers from the bottomof the boX the regulated quantity of paper, which is determined by theproportion of the two gear-wheels and the size of the cylinder C, and atthe end of one revolution of the crank the machine is looked, as before.The return of the bell-crank to its proper position is made positive bythe action of the stop I, passing under the spring 0.

The crank is shown upon the shaft of the larger gear-wheel G, but may beupon the shaft of the smaller gear-wheel F, as shown I in dotted lines,and so operate directly the feed-cylinder C, or the mechanism may beoperated by pulling the strip of paper without using a crank.

I claim as my invention 1. A machine for furnishing toiletpaper,consisting, essentially, of a feed-roller, gearing connected to saidfeed-roller and having a d etent and a crank, a bar adapted normally toengage with said detent and hold the gearing and by the weight of a cointo be so far disengaged therefrom as to release the gearing, achute'adapted to carry a coin and deposit it upon the bar, and deviceswhereby, when a strip of paper is delivered from the feedroller by theoperation of the gearing, the coin is discharged from the bar and thedetent is re-engaged.

2. The combination of a roll for carrying paper, a chute adapted tocarry a coin, a counterbalanced bar adapted to receive the coin and tobe moved thereby, mechanism having a crank adapted to revolve said rolland to deliver a strip of paper therefrom, a pawl adapted to engage withsaid mechanism, and a detent in said mechanism adapted to engage ICOwith said bar in opposition to said pawl in the normal position of thebar and to be released therefrom when the bar has been moved by thecoin.

3. The combination of a roll for carrying paper, a chute adapted tocarry a coin, a counterbalanced bar adapted to receive the coin,mechanism adapted to revolve said roll and to deliver a strip of paperthereby, a detent in said mechanism adapted to engage With said bar inits normal position and to pass

